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oilcloth, originally, cloth treated with oil or other substances so as to be waterproof and used for fishermen's and sailors' wear, for coach robes and covers, and later as a floor covering, called floorcloth. Subsequently it was made of heavy canvas, jute, or burlap, sized with glue, and coated with a thick oil paint, several coats being used and successively rubbed down with pumice stone. It was machine printed, dried in a drying room, varnished, and rolled. Linoleum linoleum (lĭnō`lēəm) ..... Click the link for more information. and various kinds of vinyl products have superseded oilcloth as a floor covering. A variety of oilcloth fabrics is now produced for wall, table, and shelf coverings, for raincoats, and for many small wares. oilcloth waterproof material made by treating one side of a cotton fabric with a drying oil, or a synthetic resin |
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Instead, they rely on color-coded scores that are inscribed on long oilcloths and rolled over a podium placed in front of the group. |
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